1. Ruby on Rails is a framework and not a language. 2. This is a straw-man argument. The premise that Ruby on Rails is "barely spoken of" just isn't true. Ev

1. Ruby on Rails is a framework and not a language. 2. This is a straw-man argument. The premise that Ruby on Rails is "barely spoken of" just isn't true. Even a quick google will show that Ruby on Rails is still very popular and used by some of the biggest and most successful SaaS companies. It may not be fashionable with polemics to say this, but Ruby and Ruby on Rails are both gaining new features and improving with every release. If you want to put up a CRUD based SaaS today Ruby on Rails is better than it ever has been.